Summary:
Mr.
Nirupam said, “This government has de-registered lakhs of ration cards not linked to Aadhaar. Later, Mr.
Shinde issued a notification that said it isn’t mandatory to link one’s ration card to Aadhaar. more-inMumbai: The Congress protested outside the Churchgate office of the Controller of Rationing and the Director, Civil Supplies Dilip Shinde, demanding that Aadhaar and ration cards be delinked. Mr.
Nirupam added, “Thousands of ration card holders will be saved trouble because of the changes made by the government today. In a two-hour meeting with Mr.
Shinde, a party delegation led by Congress city president Sanjay Nirupam alleged that the State government was forcing lakhs of people to link ration cards with Aadhaar numbers, despite this not being mandatory under the Aadhaar Act..